Dave Tate and Sheena Leedham will be live tomorrow at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday, April 10th. They'll be discussing autism from a parent's and physical educator's point of view.
As we approach tomorrow's Table Talk Podcast, we wanted to create a landing page for some of the topics we'll be discussing, along with some supplemental material we'll be referencing.
Topics Relating to Exercise
- Creating the Schedule
- Five Gray Areas You're Not Considering
- The Power of Observation
- Don't Sweat the New Stuff
- Relative Aggression
- Off-Site Training
- Throw Out Your Expectations
- 12-Week Program to Conquer the Monkey Bars
- Reintroducing the Jump Rope
- 8 Training Types to Progressively Integrate Social Networks
- Skip the Gym — Create Training Space Indoors and Outdoors
- What's Right About 'Rain Man'
- The Student Guide to Grocery Store Navigation
Topics Relating to Parenting
- The Diagnosis
- Special Education in the Public School System (and the monster)
- Special Education Meathead
- They Are NOT Angry Birds
- You Are the Parent
- The Fight for Funding
- Holidays
- Normalcy
Supplemental Material (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR EBOOK)
I guess my question is, how did you land on something Blaine enjoys?
I really want to instill work ethic (one of the best things my parents did for me)... but just feels like we're speaking different languages.
Sorry for coming late to the party!
Best,
Adam
We're still having the party.
What does your daughter like drawing?
Working with Blaine in the physical realm, I found that he loved play. So that was my starting point. For almost a year, most of what we did weekly were obstacle courses. Slowly (very slowly) obstacle courses turned to games then exploring a more conventional style of training. In the end, he was moving and ultimately having fun.
Today, Blaine loves to draw too. He loves to draw robots. So drawing is part of our schedule for training. It's the last thing we do every week after we complete his exercise. This in turn, is motivation for all the other stuff.
Find a way to use drawing as your vehicle to get her moving.
Let me know if this helps,
Thanks,
Annie loves drawing EVERYTHING (landscapes, critters, cutesy anime figures)... but considering she has free reign to draw whenever she likes* not sure what kind of incentive it will provide.
*weekdays are strictly regimented... i.e. homework, dinner, bath, bed... with an hour or so to herself (usually spent on tablet or art)... but weekends tend to be a bit more wide-open once the necessities (food, hygiene etc) are met. I try to task her with "daddy's little helper" projects, in addition to whatever family fun we might have planned, but she gets several hours to herself every weekend.
I think I hear you though... I need to find her a "paycheck".
Even without one, I can get her moving (she'll go for a walk or bike ride with me whenever)... but never past a comfortable pace. In short, it's missing that "try hard/bust-ass" component. Perhaps it's an unrealistic expectation on my part? As far back as I can remember... I set out to be the best (i.e. the fastest little bastard on his big wheel, the craziest monkey on the monkey bars etc)... We've yet to land on something physical, that she's interested (motivated?) to put real effort into.
Sheena, thanks so much for responding... also, love the Not Angry Birds series!
The last thing you want to relay to her (verbally/nonverbally) is that her effort towards being physical is not good enough.
Relating to drawing, ever suggest the physical aspect of drawing? As Annie is drawing landscapes, for example, go explore different landscapes (cityscape, hike, go to a brook). Drawing critters, find these critters, move like these critters -- therefore drawing is related to movement. Maybe have one evening during a weekday where it's "exploration day" and this chunk of time relates to something she's drawing or thinking about drawing — another opportunity to move and it relates to one of her passions.